Lucifers

(1833). An improvement on the Congreves and Prometheans.
Phosphorus was introduced into the paste; but phosphorus made the
matches so sensitive that the whole box often ignited, children were
killed by sucking the matches, and at Boulogne two soldiers and a woman
were poisoned by drinking coffee in which a child had put a “lucifer.” The manufacture of these matches was also very deleterious, producing
“jaw disease.” (See Prometheans, Safety Matches.)